Born in Whitstable, Kent in 1975, Matthew Holness is an English comedian, actor, writer and director. He is best known for his comic creation, the fictional horror novelist Garth Marenghi. He read English at Trinity College, Cambridge and was vice-president of the Cambridge Footlights. His contemporaries included Footlights president, David Mitchell, Robert Webb, Olivia Colman and his Marenghi co-writer Richard Ayoade. Holness first appeared on ...
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Cemetery Junction
As Band Leader
A Gun for George
As Terry / George / The Reprisalizer
Backstage... at the Cambridge Footlights
As Self
Dodger Special: Bad Egg
As Sir Denholm Havers
Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
As Himself
Festival
As Roger - Lighting Man
Italia Violenta
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
As Garth Marenghi / Dr. Rick Dagless M.D.
Time Trumpet
The Office
As Simon
Bruiser
Free Agents
We Are Lady Parts
As Gameshow host
Toast of Tinseltown
As Richard Chickentoss
Friday Night Dinner
As Chris Parker
Back
As Laurie
The Russell Howard Hour
As Garth Marenghi
Toast of London
As Max Gland
Life's Too Short
As Ian
Year of the Rabbit
As Hector, Crown Prince of Bulgaria
The Haunting of Bly Manor
As Dominic Wingrave
2004: The Stupid Version
As Himself
Man to Man with Dean Learner
As Garth Marenghi